Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 431 481
Rank change year-on-year -119 +50 +48
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 72 80 54
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.29% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.68% 2.32% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 26 26
10th Percentile £213 £444 £205
25th Percentile £504 £491 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £365
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +50.89% -13.21%
75th Percentile £622 £609 £475
90th Percentile £729 £613 £553
UK median daily rate £575 £538 £377
% change year-on-year +6.98% +42.57% -9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 1
10th Percentile £49.24 - -
25th Percentile £50.72 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +160.00%
75th Percentile £57.47 £39.38 -
90th Percentile £58.01 £43.25 -
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +52.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,276 3,447 4,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.39% 12.39% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,585 2,141 2,572
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £400 £375 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £676 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 165 282
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £44.00 £54.94
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -19.91% +5.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.07 £46.88 £49.50
% change year-on-year -44.38% -5.30% -4.61%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 10 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -73 31 £600 +11.63% 24
North of England -41 23 £608 +1.33% 9
North West -23 21 £608 +1.33% 4
Midlands -46 9 £225 -59.09% 3
West Midlands -48 9 £225 -59.09% 2
South East -93 4 £500 -11.11% 4
South West -45 3 £583 +16.50% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £475 - 5
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.39%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.28%) Azure
2 7 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 6 (8.33%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.39%) GitHub
5 1 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 50 (69.44%) Firewall
2 41 (56.94%) NX-OS
3 37 (51.39%) BGP
4 26 (36.11%) WAN
5 25 (34.72%) VLAN
6 23 (31.94%) DNS
6 23 (31.94%) OSPF
7 22 (30.56%) Wireless
8 21 (29.17%) DHCP
9 16 (22.22%) NAS
9 16 (22.22%) SAN
9 16 (22.22%) Structured Cabling
10 13 (18.06%) SD-WAN
10 13 (18.06%) VPN
11 12 (16.67%) IOS XR
12 11 (15.28%) LAN
13 10 (13.89%) Network Security
14 9 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (12.50%) TCP/IP
14 9 (12.50%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 7 (9.72%) Git
2 3 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.39%) GitLab
4 1 (1.39%) Robot Framework
General
1 35 (48.61%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Finance
4 5 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Banking
5 3 (4.17%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.78%) Police
6 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.39%) Legal
7 1 (1.39%) Publishing
7 1 (1.39%) Retail
7 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (59.72%) Network Engineer
2 19 (26.39%) Architect
3 11 (15.28%) Senior
4 9 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
4 9 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
5 8 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 7 (9.72%) Technical Architect
7 6 (8.33%) Help Desk Support
7 6 (8.33%) Help Desk Support Technician
7 6 (8.33%) Help Desk Technician
7 6 (8.33%) Network Architect
7 6 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Support Technician
8 4 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
9 3 (4.17%) Senior Automation Engineer
10 2 (2.78%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 2 (2.78%) Security Architect
10 2 (2.78%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) Jinja
2 3 (4.17%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.39%) NETCONF
3 1 (1.39%) REST
3 1 (1.39%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 32 (44.44%) Data Centre
2 10 (13.89%) Onboarding
3 6 (8.33%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.78%) CMDB
4 2 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.39%) Life Science
5 1 (1.39%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.39%) SCADA
5 1 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.89%) Windows
2 7 (9.72%) Android
3 5 (6.94%) Linux
4 2 (2.78%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.39%) CentOS
5 1 (1.39%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (29.17%) ITSM
2 16 (22.22%) Network Segmentation
3 11 (15.28%) Mentoring
4 10 (13.89%) Infrastructure as Code
4 10 (13.89%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (12.50%) Change Management
5 9 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
5 9 (12.50%) Migration
6 8 (11.11%) CI/CD
7 7 (9.72%) Asset Management
7 7 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (9.72%) Customer Service
7 7 (9.72%) Performance Management
8 6 (8.33%) Agile
8 6 (8.33%) AI
8 6 (8.33%) Analytics
8 6 (8.33%) Customer Experience
8 6 (8.33%) DevOps
8 6 (8.33%) ITIL
8 6 (8.33%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (34.72%) Python
2 2 (2.78%) ActionScript
2 2 (2.78%) Perl
2 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.39%) Bash
Qualifications
1 36 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (45.83%) CCNP
3 24 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 20 (27.78%) SC Cleared
5 19 (26.39%) CCNA
6 15 (20.83%) Network+ Certification
6 15 (20.83%) Server+ Certification
7 7 (9.72%) CCIE
7 7 (9.72%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) SLA
2 3 (4.17%) NIST
3 1 (1.39%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (9.72%) Active Directory
1 7 (9.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (6.94%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (5.56%) vSphere
4 2 (2.78%) Docker
4 2 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.39%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 19 (26.39%) Ansible
2 7 (9.72%) Terraform
3 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (8.33%) SCCM
4 4 (5.56%) FortiGate
5 3 (4.17%) Nagios
6 2 (2.78%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (1.39%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) Cisco
2 21 (29.17%) Fortinet
3 17 (23.61%) ServiceNow
4 14 (19.44%) Palo Alto
5 12 (16.67%) Arista
5 12 (16.67%) Juniper
6 10 (13.89%) Microsoft
7 9 (12.50%) VMware
8 8 (11.11%) F5
9 6 (8.33%) Canon
10 5 (6.94%) Meraki
11 3 (4.17%) NetScout
11 3 (4.17%) SevOne
11 3 (4.17%) SolarWinds
12 2 (2.78%) CheckPoint
12 2 (2.78%) FireEye
12 2 (2.78%) Infoblox
12 2 (2.78%) McAfee
12 2 (2.78%) Splunk
12 2 (2.78%) Zscaler